Molding process.



PATENTED APR. 16

T. w. MQGLEA A AN. MOLDING PROCESS. APPLICATION FILED APR.5,1906.

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PATENT FEEL.

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MULDENG PRQCE$$.

Specification of Letters ?atent.

Application filed April 5, 1906. Serial 0: 310,068.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY W. MoCLnN- AHAN, a citlzen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York. and State of materials of the article the quantity of liquid Pennsylvania, have invented. new and useful Improvements in Molding Processes, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improved .molding process primarilydesigned for the roduction of cement or other composite building-blocks.

lnmoldlng composite articles of this natime it has been found that the complete saturation necessary to produce the proper crystallization of the binding element in the final setting of-the composition is objectionable in the Initial molding operation, for the reason that the materials when in the saturated condition will adhere to the walls of the mold. to an extent to prevent the removal of the arti cle from the mold in perfect condition. It is therefore necessary that in the molding operation the percentage of moisture be relatively slight, so as to roduce only a suflicient inter- 1 their pro er formation within the mold withadherence of t e particles as will provide for outliabiity of adherence to the mold-walls.

After such initial operation and the removal of the formed article from the mold. for curing it is essential that the materials he saturatcd in order to rocp ce the desired crys tallization. and hart ening.

I It has been heretofore proposed to mold "the materials in a moistened conditionfiand after such molding to add a sufficient quantity I of liquid-to produce the necessary saturation.

. 55 I ility of sticking within the mold and subse- All'suchprocesses with'which I am. familiar have'been objectionable as heretoforepracticed, for the reason that no satisfactory method has been devised for saturating the after its removal from the mold.

e and economic In carrying out the present process the materials prior to the molding operatlon are ,[t is the object of the resent process,

therefore, .to provide a sim l filethcidwhereby the molt ed articlesafter "their formation within the mold and removal therefrom may be saturated to an extent to -*:;produce a perfect initial setting, final setting, and hardening.

hicle which in the initial setting,- final setting, and hardening of the article will yield to the necessary for the proper setting and hardening effect.

The specific details of the present process will be described in the following spe'cifica' tion. with particular reference to the formation of hollow building-blocks, a specific form of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspebtive view of the mold ing-ilaskused in carrying out the molding step of the process. Fig. 2 is'a perspective view of the block formed in the process, the saturated vehicle being shown in place. Fig. 25 is a similar view of the completed block withthev 7 5 saturated vehicle removed. Fig. 4 is a sec tion of the block, illustrating the cornice-tion between the spaced layers thereof.

In carrying out the process and as one of the mechanical aids thereto I utilize aflask,

referably of the form shown in Fig. 1, wherein 1 designates a bottom. of the particular size and contour desired, the side walls 2 and end walls 3 of the flask having a hinged connection with the bottom at 4, whereby said sides and ends may be assembled relatively to the bottom to form the usual hollow flask. or may be swung outwardly from each other to permit of the convenient removal of the molded article. By preference I utilize in connection with one of the side walls a removable strip or palette 5, which in the molding operation serves, in effect, a side of the mold-flask and after the initial molding operation will serve as a support for the convenient removaland handling of the molded article. In carryin out the process for the production of the hollow building-block the materials forming said block are initially moistened. to an extent to cause suflicicnt adherence between the particles of such materials to permit proper coherence within the mold. A quantity of such moistened material is then. tamped into the flash to the depth desired for one of the layers 6 of the block. The double-headed tic members or rods 7 are introduced into this layer, preferably adjacent that their upper headed ends will be enveloped in the material of the, upper lzyer.

iratented April 16,1907.

hicle is preferably 'urated to the point Aftera pro er tamping of the first layer within the ask the saturated vehicle is introduced in the form of a layer 8 This vesand which has been previously Wet to the point of saturation, though it is obvious that other materials may be used therefor, as the necessities of the process require simply a material which may be satdesired and which will not chemically combine with the composition forming the layers. After the proper insertion of a saturated vehicle a second layer 9 of the com osition is introduced'to rest on the saturate layer. The second layer of the composition will envelop the upper headed ends of the tie members 6, so that said tie members will be embedded in the respective layers in a manner to maintain them in spaced parallel relation after the removal of t e saturated vehicle. ,After the initial setting of the composition within the flask, which occurs in a comparatively short. time, the flask is turned upon the side carrying the palette, the ends and side Walls are swung away from the article, and the latter, suported on the palette, is wholly removed i rom the flask for final setting and curing. During the final setting and curing the saturated vehicle will impart to the layers of the composition the requisite degree of moisture necessary to produce the proper setting and hardening of the com OSitl'OIl.

As the saturated ve 'ele is evenly and regularly disposed between the layers of the block, it is evident that the liquid will be equally supplied to all parts of each layer, so that the resultant block is of even density and hardness throughout. As the moisture or liquid is absorbed from the vehicle when using sand for the latter, said vehicle will gradually resume its granular forms, so that when in dry condition the readily removed from between the layers of the block.

It is to be particularly noted in connection with the present process that the saturated vehicle will, in eilect, automatically deliver to the layers of composition that degree of moisture necessary for the proper chemical I sit absorb that degree changes in said composition during the final settin aiid hardening and that the delivery I of suc moisture will be re ularly and uniformly accomplished mainly through the affinity of the com osition for such moisture. This insures the a solutely proper combination' of. moisture with the materials of the composition, as such materials will of necesof moisture from the veiicle best suited for the proper chemical combination.

, As the saturated vehicle is exposed be tween the layers of composition, it is obvious that such vehicle ther saturated from time to time, tie granul ar nature of the vehicle insuring that such vehicle may bev may, it necessar be fur supplies form a medium of transmission for the moisture or frost.

The process is of course applicable to the construction of slabs or blocks other than the particular form of block-described, and such I uses of the process are within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Havin thus described the invention, what is claimeil as new is 1. The herein-described process of molding composition bodies, consisting in initially molding the composition in a moistened state and adding thereto a layer of a vehicle saturated with moisture.

2. The herein-described process of molding composition bodies forming a moistened layer of the composition and adding thereto a layer of sand saturated with moisture.

3. The process of producing a buildingblock consisting in sha ing a layer of moistened composition, adding thereto a layer ofsand saturated with moisture, and shaping a second layer of moistened composition upon.

layer of the composition in a moistened state. 5. The process of producing a buildingblock consisting in molding a a the like, as in the latter formation the webs consisting in initially' ture, and disposing on said material a secondyer of com a building- 1 position in moistened state, imposing'thereon a layer of' material saturated with morsture, material a second.-

and disposing on said layer of the composition in a moistened state. and removing the article from the mold with all layers intact.-

6. The process of producin a buildingblock consistingin molding a layer ofic-oms position in I on a layer of liquid-saturated sand, and disposing on said sand a second layer of the cornposition in a moistened state.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence-of two witnesses.

TIMOTHY Witnesses: y

F. \V1LLIAM.KUNKEL, Lamas (Li-HAWK,

moistened state, disposing there-T W. ItIcCLENAHAN. 

